Hook Places

Prisoner of War (POW) Camp

My parents remember the Prisoner of War (POW) Camp for Italian prisoners was on the site now occupied by the Hook Community Centre. The site had prefabricated huts and a compound fence and was there until about 1948.

I have been told that the POWs built the Government Buildings on the Leatherhead Road and at Tolworth - if you know anything about this, please e-mail me

Arcade Parade

The shops on Arcade Parade were not all completed at once, being left as empty shells for several years, probably due to the war, although the flats above were inhabited

South Eastern Gas Board

Ganley the Fruiterer

1952 advert for Calvin Fishmonger and Poulterer

No 4 - L.E.Webb, Chemist + Optician

J Wood Butchers

Ace of Spades

Ace Parade boasted a Sainsbury Store fitted out inside with beautiful high gloss Victorian Tiles. The beautiful frontage has been tastefully incorporated in the Regency Chinese Restaurant

Many local people bought their electrical goods from Ashton Davis, and their greengrocery from Gerrards

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